Patient Safety & Outcomes

After an HCA Healthcare hospital discovered fractures on four infant patients in 2023, the Virginia health department found reporting deficiencies, and in 2024, three more infants had similar fractures, according to The Washington Post. 

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital has lacked adequate pharmacy staffing for years, resulting in harmful medication errors, according to the Asheville Watchdog. 

Up to one-third of patients with critical injuries are first taken to the closest non-trauma-specialized hospital before being transferred to a higher-level trauma center. But these transfers can take hours and lead to preventable deaths, a recent study found.

Tampa General Hospital performed the world's first in-human pancreas transplant with a new technology that preserved the organ.

In its first six months of operation, Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare's EmPATH unit helped more than 1,800 patients and reduced emergency department readmissions.

The Women's Choice Award has recognized 457 hospitals on its annual list of the Best Hospitals for Patient Safety.

Plain language announcements may improve hospital staff responses to nonclinical emergencies compared to traditional coded messages, according to a new nurse-led study from Cleveland Clinic.

UCHealth, based in Aurora, Colo., has launched one of the first whole blood programs in the state. 

In 2024, nurses filed hundreds of safety concerns about two Massachusetts hospitals operated by Dallas-based Tenet Health. Most recently, a union representing these nurses alleged that understaffing caused two preventable patient deaths. 

An HCA Healthcare hospital in Richmond, Va., is temporarily suspending admissions to its neonatal intensive care unit after discovering three infants with what the hospital called "unexplainable fractures" in late November and December.